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Nightly closures of U.S. 36 at McCaslin bridge extended through June 14

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Posted:
06/06/2014 08:10:30 AM MDT

Updated:
06/06/2014 04:25:59 PM MDT

The nightly closures of U.S. 36 at McCaslin Boulevard that originally were scheduled to end this weekend have been extended through June 14, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

U.S. 36 will be closed a quarter mile in each direction from McCaslin Boulevard from 10 p.m. through 5:30 a.m. Until June 14, weather-permitting. The closures had originally been scheduled to be lifted on Saturday.

Traffic will be detoured onto McCaslin Boulevard and then routed back on to U.S. 36 via on-ramps.

“It's necessary for us to close U.S. 36 to begin the demolition of the northbound section of the McCaslin Boulevard bridge,” said CDOT Project Director Mark Gosselin in a statement. “The work is part of Phase 2 of the project, which will widen the existing McCaslin Boulevard bridge to accommodate the Diverging Diamond Interchange.”

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